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OR AN G E C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 1 <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: Agaust 6 1990 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # X-C, - <br />SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT <br />Article 22 -- Definitions (Efficiency Apartment) <br />DEPARTMENT; PLANNING <br />PUBLIC SEARING Yes NO <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proposed Amendment <br />5/29/90 Public Hearing Minutes <br />(Draft) <br />Letter from Jack Gilbert <br />6/18/90 Planning Board Minutes <br />(Draft) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Mary Scearbo ext.2583 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967 -9251 <br />PURPOSE; To consider a proposed amendment to the definition of <br />"efficiency apartment" to allow flexibility as to the <br />location of such units. <br />BACKGROUND: Single - family dwelling units may contain an efficiency <br />apartment. Current standards require that the <br />efficiency apartment be located within or attached to <br />the principal residence. <br />Planning.Staff has encountered difficulty in <br />determining if an efficiency apartment is "attached" in <br />a manner which complies with the intent of the <br />ordinance. In one instance, it was requested that the <br />efficiency apartment be "attached" to the primary <br />residence via a 100 -foot long enclosed walkway. <br />The proposed amendment would allow one detached or <br />attached efficiency apartment per lot if: <br />1. The size of the unit does not exceed 25% of <br />gross floor area of the principal dwelling unit <br />but not more than 800 square feet; <br />2. Minimum lot size requirements of the zoning district <br />are met; <br />3. The unit complies with the N:C. Residential Building <br />Code; <br />4. Water supply and sanitary facilities have been <br />approved; and <br />